St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-08
Events Occurring in Minneapolis in
Circles Where Pleasure and Enjoy
ment Reign Supreme.
Wedding Bells Have Rung Merrily Dur
ing the Week and the Matrimonial
Market Is Active.
The Social Phase of the Bernhard En-.
gagement and the Envy Created by
Her Superb Costumes.
An Interesting Collection Of Social Hap
penings, Hymenial Events and
Personal Mention.

I'm the spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love-
Wedding bells have rung right mer-
rily during the week just closed, and
their reverberationS seem to have
reused Cupid to energetic action, for in
the wake of the happy nuptials just
celebrated comes whispers of at least
three weddings in high life which will
be celebrated before June roses begin to
Westminster church will be the
scene of Il very brilliant wedding, for
which elaborate preparations are max
ing. y thousand guests will be hidden
TO see the tying of the nuptial knot, and
hundreds will attend the reception.
Close following upon this Hymen's
torch will again blaze brightly, and by
its roSeatc light leading Second ave
nue. belle will own a lord and master;
and before the end of the month a Ste
VenS avenue home will lose charming
daughter, and one more fair dame will
be added 10 the list of the charming en-
tertainerS whose hospitality add much
TO the fair fame of Minneapolis.
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The social clubs which have contrib
uted so largely to the pleasures of the
year are one by one giving the last
party of the season. On Wednesday
L
dancing party. The occasion was in
every way delightful. There was a
good attendance, without too many,
and with excellent music and merry
hearts the printers and their ladies had
memorably good time. This week the
Crescent club will bid a regretful
adieu to terpsichore in party which is
expected to eclipse all its predecessors.
The home social events of the week
have been somewhat more numerous
than of the week preceding. Mrs.
Hands tea OH Monday, the birthday
party of the venerable Mrs. Lewis, Prof.
Moore'S reception to the university
juniors, Col. and Mrs. Fletcher's Yer
mont party, DR.. and Mrs. Halls Friday
evening. Rev. and Mrs. Pitner'S Mis-
SiOnary tea" and Mrs. IIinshaw'S lunch
party were among the more prominent
events, and coupled with these were a
number of companies and teas, each of
which brought pleasure to little circle
of cOngenial spirits. The Kenyon re-
ception on Friday evening OF this week
promises to eclipse anything of the kind
since Easter. Several smaller parties
are announced. SO that the week will
not be devoid of social pleasures.
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The past week seems to have been the
chosen time for the church social. There
have been host of them. Catholic and
Protestant alike have met for an even
ing'S genial conversation, with more or
less of ice cream and Strawberries as a
side issue. One of the pleaSanteSt of
these occasions was that of the Baptist
Social union at the First church. The
late afternoon and early evening hours
revealed a fraternal feeling and a kindly
interest and mutual happiness which
should have been witnessed by all the
church people of the city. There was a
sympathy in the sociability of the Bap-
lists that argued genuine interest in
the welfare of their fellows, and it was
an interest that found hearty express
sion. The talks OF DR.. Woods, of ST.
Paul, and President Northrup, of the
university, were literary feasts which
fttlngly closed IA pleasant evening.
Rernhardt? 1t may be the papers
have contained Surfeit of the French
woman, what with theatrical critique
and fanatical attack, but q reference tC
the social phase of tie engagement is
admissible. Those of the "Wednesday
night audience who expected brilliant
display of toiletteS in the seats were de
cidedly disappointed. The proSciniun
boxes were all empty and only two O.
the balcony boxes were taken. witt
one very notable exception there were
no ladies in evening costume
though many wore bouquets of roses
Mime. Bernhardt'S dresses were at one,
the envy and the despair of the ladies
81 don't know but | have seen NOR,
costly gowns" said one, ::'but neve
saw an instance of dress so thorough,
individualiZed. The costumes are no
only perfectly adapted to madame, they
are almost a part of her." 1t certainl,
is true that Nine. Bernhardt has in
phenomenal degree, the ''intinable some
thing" which makes theperfect dresser